Record-cabinet.



J. L. REESE.

RECORD CABINET.

APPLICAHOH HLEDJUNE8.1916. 1,235,380@ Patented; July 31,1917.

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RECORD CABINET,

APPLICATlON HLED JUNE 8.1916.

Patented July 31, 1917.

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WITNESSES Arms/ms JOSEPH L. REESE, 0F HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA.

RECORD-CABINET.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented July 31, 1917.

Application filed June 8, 1916. Serial No. 102,527.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnPH L. Rnnsn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Record-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in cabinets, and has particular reference to a container for graphophone records. An object of the invention is to provide a cabinet with a plurality of record compartments from which 'the'records are removed by novel delivery mechanism consisting of a record supporting member for each compartment. normally in a position to retain the record therein and when released to permit the same to be adjusted, by the weight of the record thereon, to a position wherein a portion of the record will project from the compartment so that thejsame ig ay be readily grasped, and removed there- Another objectof the invention is to pro,- vide a cabinet; of this character which is simple inconstruction, easy to manufacture, and effective in carrying out the purpose for which it is designed. I

The inventive idea. involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, one. ofwhich for the purpose of illustrating the invention, is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the cabinet constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a section'on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. 1

Fig. Fig. 1.

The accompanying drawings show what is now believed to be the preferred form of the invention, wherein thecabinet comprises a casing 5 having the door closures 6. Arranged in the front of the casing, and mtermediate the top and bottom thereof, is a horizontally arranged partition 7 'associated with'whic'h are a number of vertical partitions S, for dividing the, easing into upper and lower record compartments ,9 and 10 respectively, for receiving small and large records 11..

4 is a sectionon the lined-4c of The invention contemplates the provision of means for supporting and retaining each record entirely within its respective compartment, and to this end there is mounted in 'each compartment a record supporting member 12 in the form of a lever pivoted ad acent its rearend at 13, and having its forward end beveled as indicated at 14 to contact with the beveled surface of a stop 15, which is preferably cushioned. One of these stops 15 is provided for, each row of compartments 9 and 10, said stops being secured to the bottom of the casing and to tl'lGllOI'lZOIltiLl partition 7, and the upper edgesare' so arranged that the same will be contacted by a record when the same is in the position shown at the lower end of Fig. .3, thus preventing said record from falling out of its said compartment. Suitable stops 16 are also arranged at the rear of the compartment and assist in retaining the record in position therein. a 2

Each supporting member 12 is normally maintained in an upwardly and forwardly inclined position as shown in the upper portion of Fig. 3, and is adapted to be released, so that the same will assume the full line position shown at the lower portion of the same figure, whereupon the record supported thereon will roll forwardly into contact with the stop 15, whereuponthe same will be in a position to be extracted from the cabinet. 1

A mechanism is employed in connection with eachsupporting member 12, all of the mechanisms being identical in construction,

and therefore a description of'one will suffi ce. The rearend of each supporting member 12 is connected to one end of the lower rod connection 17, the upper end of which is supplied with a threaded opening 18 to receive therein the threaded portion of an adjustable guide pin 19, the free end of which extends into and is movable in an opening 20 formed in the lower end of theupper rod connection 21. From this construction it will be apparent that there is a relative movement between the connections 17 and 20 and the distance between the adjacent main portion of said arm to provide a pivot ear which coiiperates with the said main portion to receive therebetween the push, rod, 25, which is adapted to operate said bell crank lever; i

A number of bearings 26 are preferably secured in the top of the casing 5, and slidable in these hearings, are the several push rods 25 which project through'the front of the casing and are provided upon their torward ends, with knobs 27. Each rod 25 is provided intermediate its ends with a collar 28 which abuts against the adjacent bearing and is loosely mounted on the rodand a second collar QQ'fiXQQl to the rod and spaced a distance from the first collar and having interposed between the same a coiled spring 30 which normally maintains the push rod in a forwardly extending position. 7

Assuming that it is desired to extract the lower record, as shown'in Fig". 3, from its compartment, it will be apparent that, by pushing against the upper rod 25, the bell crank lever 22- to which said rod is connected will be rocked about its pivot and thus pull upwardlyon the connection 21 which is normally maintaining the connection '17 in its lowermost positionagainst the weight of the record resting upon the supportingniember 12. 7 Therefore, as the connection 21 is being drawn upwardly, the connection 17 moves likewise due to the weight of the record on the supporting member 12 causing the same tomove from the dotted line position shown in Fig. 3 to the full line position, whereupon said member is inclined forwardly and downwardly and the record will roll along its inclined supporting surface to 1 the full line position shown in said figure. When in this position, portion of the record proi ects beyond the front of its compartment, and the operator may grasp said portion of the record and extnct" the same from the easinn. Immediately upon the removal of the weight of the record'from its supporting member, the springBO' will return the parts to their normal position and ready for the neXt operation. I i

It will be noted that, when the rod 25 is pushedinwardly, the connections 17 and 21 will move together until the forward end of the supporting" member 12 strikes the bottom of the casing or the partition 7 whichever the case maybe, after which the, connection 21 has a slight movement relative to said connection 17, such relative move mentbeing made possible by the construction of the guide pin 19 projecting into the opening 20. I

What is claimed is 1. A cabinet having a compartment, a record supporting member in said compartment, means normally inclining the supporting' member in one direction vagainst the weight of a record to retain the record in the compartmenhrand means for releasing said member whereby the same is inclined in the opposite direction under the weightof the record thereon, to deliver the record from the compartment.

2. A cabinet having a compartment, a; record supporting member in said compart-V ment, means normally inclining the supporting member one direction against the weight of a record to retain the recordin the compartment, and means pivotally con nected to said member for'releasin'g the same whereby it may be inclined in the opposite direction under the weight of the record, to deliver the record from the compartment.

3. A cabinet having a compartment, arec ord supporting member in saidcompartment, means normallyinclinmg the supporting member in one direction againstthe weight of a record'to retainthe rec'ordin the compartment, meansfor releasing, said member whereby the same is inclined in the opposite direction by the weight of the record thereon whereby to deliver'the record from said compartment, first said means operating to return all of the parts to normal position afterthe weight of the record hasbeen removed from said member. I

at. A cabinet having compartment, a movable record supporting member therein, spring controlled retaining means for re taining said member in position against the weight of a record to support the record within,saidcompartment, andmeans for releasing said retaining means wherebylito permit saidmember to' be adjusted under the weight of the record into position to deliver the latter from said compartment" 5. A cabinet having a compartment, a movable record supporting member therein, an operatingrlelement for said supporting member and adapted to be operated to release the same whereby to e'fiect delivery of the record from the compartment, connections between said operating element and said supporting member and operated by the former to release the latter to permit said record to be deliveredpa resilient means mounted on said operating element normally retaining the supporting member against the weight of the record and operating to return the parts to normal'position after the weight of the record hasbeen removed from retain a record Within the compartment, said normal position after the Weight of the recsupporting member being inclziinefd the 0rd has been removed from said member. opposite direction by the Weig t 0 t e record thereon, when said rod is operated, JOSEPH REESE" whereby the record will be delivered from Witnesses:

its compartment, and a spring" associated W. L. BENNER, with said rod for returning the parts to J. G. MERCER.

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